Who We Are

Wasafiri is a consultancy and institute helping leaders and organisations tackle the toughest problems.

From climate change to conflict, from food security to healthcare, some challenges feel impossibly complex. Yet from our work on the frontlines, Wasafiri remains relentlessly optimistic. By building collective and adaptive responses to seemingly intractable issues, ordinary leaders can bring about extraordinary change.

BLOGS AND EVENTS

Might a bird’s eye view of investments in agri-food systems in Africa alarm or excite us, as we consider the findings of the EAT-Lancet Commission? Is the future food supply in Africa sufficiently incentivised to transition to meet future demand for healthier diets?

"We are drifting deeper into global problems from which we will struggle to extricate ourselves." This bleak outlook summarises the World Economic Forum's recently published Global Risks Report. The scale, complexity and urgency of such challenges is breathtaking.

https://www.wasafirihub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Desert-1.jpg12512000Hamish Wilsonhttps://www.wasafirihub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wasafiri-LOGO-1.pngHamish Wilson2019-01-31 07:39:342019-01-31 08:46:34There are no quick fixes - A look at the global risks of 2019

On our blog, we’ve written before about how we feel that within the CVE (countering violent extremism) sector, research and programming can - for a variety of reasons related to sensitivity and confidentiality - become problematically siloed. More and more though we’re also noticing a wider problem of siloing, which is that CVE work as a whole is often treated in isolation from the wider conflict, peacebuilding and governance field..

On the 15th January at around 3pm local time there was an armed attack on the Dusit Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
At this time we can confirm that all our staff members are safe and accounted for. However, we are deeply saddened to hear that a…

Trying to work out if the money spent on development projects has made a real difference is hard; when this money is directed at sensitive and intangible goals like countering violent extremism (CVE), this gets even harder. CVE programmes, by nature, are designed with ambitious goals; they often seek to reduce or eliminate the violent extremist threat in a specific area, which is seemingly impossible to prove. So how, then, do we try to identify any sort of impact or changes in CVE programmes and attribute these changes to specific interventions?

https://www.wasafirihub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/book-tunnel-patern1-e1544075292251.jpg205205Kate Simpsonhttps://www.wasafirihub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wasafiri-LOGO-1.pngKate Simpson2018-12-05 15:50:072018-12-06 09:09:09What can the Development Sector learn from the Private Sector about tackling complex problems?